Combined cold-water bath and refrigerator



. E. H. RULEDIGER.'

COMBINED COLD `WATER BATH AND REFRIGERATOR.

APPLICATION FILED 1AN.301922.

Patented Apr. 11,1921

ERNEs'r HENRY RUEDIGER, ,or BisivrARoK,NoaTrr DAKOTA.

COMBINED COLD-WATER BATH ann' nEFRIennAToR.

To all wlw/m it may concern:

Be it known that I, ERNns'r HENRY RUEDI- one, a citizen of the United States, Iresiding at Bismarck, in the county of Burleigh and State of North Dakota,'have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Combined Cold-later Bath and Refrigerator, of

which the following is a specification.

This invention has for its object, broadly, to providek a container having two storage compartments with temperatures modified in different degrees by use of ice and water in an ice chamber and flowing ice water therefrom, one of t-he storage compartments having a perforated bottom for a communication with the ice chamber to permit ice water to enter so that its temperature may be only slightly greater than 32 degrees F., and having' a discharge element between its top and bottom and lower than the top of the ice chamber to permit. drainage, so that ice water will automatically iiow therethrough to maintain the temperature approximately uniform in degree. One ofthe specific obj ects of the invention is to provide an article particularly adapted for household uses, consisting of few parts which may be conveniently and economically manufactured.

The invent-ion consists of the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts as described herein and claimed, and as illustrated in the accompanying drawing, whereimy F ig. l is a view in longitudinal section of a combined cold water bath and refrigerator, embodying my invention. lFig. 2 is a View in transverse section, and Fig. 3 is a front view of the same.

Referring now to the drawing for amore particular description, numeral l indicates an upright housing or container, similar to the walls of refrigerators in general4 use, the lid therefor being indicatedat 5.

Numeral G indicates an ice chamber, open at its top, its wallsv preferably being constructed of metal; and at 7 is indicated a storage compartment, open Vat its top and communicating with the. chamber 6 by means of numerous apertures S formed in its bottom 9. Numeral l() indicates a a height less than the height of the partition a which separates the compartment 7 from said chamber 6.

At 1l is indicated a drain-pipe communicating with the compartment 7, and at 12 is wall having Y vfinlng a chamber for Specification of I .etters Patent.Y Patented Apr, 11,1922. v Application fnea January so', v`1a2a serial No. 532,52 l' indicated a .storage compartment which is` disposed below the ice chamber. r

with ice, water is added and, obviously, 'will enter Ythe storage compartment' by passing In operation, after the chamber 6 is filled through apertures 8, the quantity of water Y.

thus added being suiicient to till said compartment 7 to a depth equal to the height of the wall l0, and water coming thereafter Y from melted ice will liowV through apertures 8 and storage compartment 7 to pass lto the drainage pipe, the top b of the wall l0 being` lower than the top of the partition a adjacent to which ice is stored, thetop Z) o-f said 'wall l0 defining the intake for the drain pipe 11.- v

On account of the construction as described, the temperature of the water in' the storage compartment 7 will be nearly as low as 32 degrees F., which, obviously, is a great advantage' as compared with air cooled inthe presenceof ice. While the temperature in the storage compartment l2 will not be as low as provided for the compartment 7, it is considered that the movement of ice water closely adjacent thereto will operate to. advantage in maintaining said compartment' l2 at a lower degree of temperature than ordinar Vihile I have shown and described Vdetails of construction, I do-,not wish to be understood as limiting myself in this respect, and changes in size, form, proportion and minor details may be made as found to be of advantage, said changes being determined by the scope of the invention as claimed.

It will be noted that the icechamber 6 is approximately of L-shape in side elevation, and that the ice-water compartment 7 is disposed above the horizontal extension of said L-shaped chamber, the perforated top offs'aid horizontal extension formingthe bottom ofV y the compartment 7 and on account of the arrangement of parts as described, ice and.v moving water will v'modify the temperature to advantage. y l claim as my invention:

l. In a cold water bathk and refrigerator, an upright housing provided -with a plurality of vertical and horizontal partitionsdecontaining ice and water and a second chamber having anupright imperforate wall terminating in a plane lower than thetop of the first named chamber, permitting a discharge of water over the top of said walla and having a perforated bottoni located above and direetly over the bottom ot the ice and water Chambei', and below the top thereof, whereby water of substantially the same temperature as the ice may enter said second chamber.

2. In a combined cold water bath and reifrigerator, an upright housing` provided with a plurality of vertical and horizontal partitions defining a chamber approximately of L-shape in side elevation -for Containing ice and water and a second chamber below and adjoining the L-shaped Chamber7 adrainpipe7 that part of the top of the horizontal extension of said L-shaped chamber having ment of water from the L-shaped chamber to the drain-pipe by passing through the third chamber. 1

In testimony whereof, have affixed myl signature in presence of two witnesses.

ERNEST HENRY RUEDIGER.

Witnesses:

L. A. SCHIPPER, B. H. SCHNEIDER. 

